Tuesday, June 16, 2009

U can install cisco packet tracer in ubuntu 9.04 now. For this all y have to do is to follow the following steps and u r done.

1. Download the packet tracer 5 from cisco site if u r student there [ The generic tar.gz format ] But if u r not a student then download it from here.click this link to downloadAnd keep the downloaded file in desktop.

2. Open the terminal and write"sudo tar xzvf PacketTracer5_generic.tar.gz" [without the quotation mark]Give the sudo password.

3. Now it is uncompressed. Go to your home directory and find the uncompressed folder. Enter into the folder and there u will find a file named "install".double click on that file and a prompt will come up.Select "Run in Terminal" option.

4. Now follow the on screen instructions.......

U r half done now.... :)

After this installation u can run this from the terminal.To run this open the terminal and type "packettracer" [without the quotation mark]U can now see the cisco packet tracer running.

if u do not want to do this thing every time, then lets make a launcher ....to make a launcher,>> go to desktop.>>Right click and select "create a launcher">> Insert the following values in to its fields.Type : ApplicationName: Packet Tracer 5Command: packettracerComment: CISCO networking

Yes Now u r done......

if u have problem regarding this, plz comment I will try to help ...or u can mail me "extremeaiub@yahoo.com"